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Grounding Oils For Meditation And Centering

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What’s Inside:
  1. Looking For Some Great Essential Grounding Oils To Try?
  2. What Scents Are Good For Grounding?
  3. What Is Grounding?
  4. How Do I Practice Grounding Myself?
  5. What Are The Best Grounding Oils To Use During Meditation And Earthing?
  6. VETIVER
  7. FRANKINCENSE
  8. CLARY SAGE
  9. EUCALYPTUS
  10. CEDARWOOD
  11. SANDALWOOD
  12. MYRRH
  13. LAVENDER
  14. CINNAMON BARK
  15. PATCHOULI
  16. How To Use Essential Oils: Diffuse or Apply To Skin

Looking For Some Great Essential Grounding Oils To Try?

The world of essential oils is filled with amazing aromas. And every single oil has unique properties serving different purposes. Many benefits are physical, while others are mental, emotional, and spiritual.

When it comes to grounding oils for earthing meditation or your connective yoga practice, having Sandalwood, Frankincense, Myrrh, Clary Sage, and Lavender in your collection is a great start.

But that’s just the beginning. The choices and combinations are seemingly endless so here’s a simple guide to get you started. Just a few suggestions you may want to add on your journey back to center.

What Scents Are Good For Grounding?

Scents useful for grounding practices are going to be the ones that help with focus, clarity, and concentration as you center yourself and connect with the Earth. Also, essential oils that promote a feeling of calming and peacefulness will go hand in hand with your grounding oils during aromatherapy meditation.

I think it’s safe to say with everything going on in the world, a lot of us are feeling a wee bit frazzled. Emotionally and spiritually. As for me, I am working on finding my way back to center and letting go of things that no longer serve me as well as those things which I have no control over.

In other words, it’s time to look within, take a few deep breaths, and get grounded.

It seems fitting to be writing this on New Year’s Day as so many of us look forward to a better year ahead. It’s a time to set new goals and challenges for ourselves. A time to embrace hope for better things for ourselves, our families, and the world.

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What Is Grounding?

Grounding… it’s more than just a figurative term. It’s literally your body having direct contact with the earth. It kind of reminds me of how newborn babies are recommended to have skin-to-skin contact in their first few hours of life. Well, it may not be exactly like that but I think it’s a nice comparison.

Except, in this case, it’s you bonding with Mother Earth. Such a comforting concept right?

Simply stated, grounding uses the earth’s natural energy to improve health and well-being.

“Grounding is a spiritual term, referring to centering your soul in your body, and in turn, connecting it with Mother Earth. When these connections are strong, it can help you feel safer and more in touch with the earth and Mother Nature. If you experience a lot of fear and anxiety in your day-to-day, it is possible that you have become ungrounded.”

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How Do I Practice Grounding Myself?

One of the best ways to ground yourself is to literally go outside barefoot and stand or sit on the grass or ground. Close your eyes, center yourself, and focus inward.

You can use a meditation guide or a script to help you along until you get the hang of it. Sitting tall with a straight spine, focus on stabilizing your root chakra.

Visualize yourself connecting with Mother Earth, your roots going deep into the ground.

Breathe deeply.

It is said that by grounding yourself, you can neutralize the electric charge in your body and reduce harmful free radicals and ailments including stress. The earth carries a slight negative charge which gets transferred to your body while grounding and restores balance.

Research done on earthing on grounding does show solid evidence of increasing your overall health through better sleep, lower inflammation, or even better blood flow.

Unfortunately, in Western culture, a lot of us tend to never sit on the grass or walk barefoot outside, in which case, a grounding mat can come in handy (perfect to use during the cold seasons when the ground is covered in snow as well).

What Are The Best Grounding Oils To Use During Meditation And Earthing?

As always, the grounding oils that you prefer will be unique to your sense of smell and it’s a personal choice. I adore Sandalwood, Lavender, and Myrrh, especially combined.

If you’re into Young Living or Doterra oils, they have their own special blends like Peace and Calming or Grounding, but you can make your own combinations just as easily.

Find what you love, experiment with different aroma combinations, and go from there. There are no right or wrong answers, simply use this guide to help you if you’re unsure where to start.

grounding oils for meditation and centering

VETIVER

Vetiver assists in closing the gap between the root and crown chakra. It is a natural sedative, with grounding and calming properties.

Vetiver is an amazing grounding oil for calming down overactive root chakra due to shock or trauma. It may also help promote restful sleep. It’s often described as dry, earthy, woodsy, leathery, and smoky.

FRANKINCENSE

Used in spiritual and religious ceremonies for thousands of years, Frankincense essential oil is called the King of oils and is one of my all-time favorites. It comes from the resin (dried sap) of the Boswellia sacra tree.

It has a sweet, woody, spicy scent and an uplifting effect, soothes anxiety and calms the mind.

CLARY SAGE

Herby and earthy and slightly is how I would describe Clary Sage, a great choice to calm frazzled nerves and enhance a relaxed state of mind. Some say it stinks but personally, I really like it (in small doses).

It does have a strong scent, so start with only a couple of drops and see if it’s for you. I like to offset it with a tiny bit of lemon or wild orange essential oil and a few drops of lavender.

EUCALYPTUS

Eucalyptus helps your respiratory system and promotes deep breathing, which is an essential part of a grounding meditation. It seems that along with clearing your nasal passages, it can clear your mind and help with mental focus.

Eucalyptus combines well with Thyme, Rosemary, Marjoram, Lavender, or Cedarwood.

CEDARWOOD

With its remarkably rich and deep, earthy aroma, Cedarwood is a wonderful grounding oil as it enhances breathing and helps quiet a racing mind. It is excellent for all types of meditation and finding stillness.

The Cedarwood essential oil is extracted for the steam distillation of cedarwood and combines well with Clary Sage, Cypress, Frankincense, Lemon, Clove, or Cinnamon.

SANDALWOOD

Sandalwood essential oil is just intoxicating to me, it is one of my all-time favorites. It is a mix of rich balsamic and slightly floral with soft accents and is super popular as a base for a lot of men’s colognes, maybe that’s why I like it so much.

Sandalwood benefits are plentiful including promoting mental clarity while simultaneously promoting a sense of calm and well-being. It is also said to be quite an aphrodisiac, so that could be a bonus for couples wanting to spice things up.

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MYRRH

Emotionally, Myrrh essential oil is grounding, calming, and helpful in mellowing out emotions. Similar to Frankincense, it has been used for thousands of years in spiritual and religious ceremonies.

“Myrrh, like Frankincense, has a high content of sesquiterpenes, a class of compounds that have a direct effect on the pituitary, hypothalamus, and amygdala, which are the seat of our emotions. Its warm and woody aroma is purifying, restorative, revitalizing, and uplifting.”

~Heba El Hakim

Try combining Myrrh with Sandalwood and Cinnamon or Lemon, Lavender, and Frankincense during your meditation or yoga practice.

The Absolute Best Essential Oils For Peace And Calming

LAVENDER

Lavender is best known for its calming properties so it’s no doubt a great choice for earthing or grounding. It can help to relieve anxiety and calm any strong emotions that can overwhelm the mind.

The scent is floral, fresh, herbaceous, and sweet. Combine it with Bergamot, Sweet Orange, or Lemon in a roller bottle. Other awesome blends can be made with Lavender, Vanilla, and Patchouli.

The combinations are endless so as I said, experiment until you find your favourites.

CINNAMON BARK

Cinnamon essential oil is quite potent so use it sparingly and combine with other oils such as Clove, Black Pepper, Ginger, Geranium, or Ylang Ylang in a diffuser.

It has calming and relaxing properties as well as a host of physical benefits, just as cinnamon itself does.

Remember Cinnamon is a “hot” oil so best to diffuse just a little and if you do add to a roller bottle to use on your skin, dilute well and use very little.

PATCHOULI

Patchouli has a strong, sweet, musky earth scent and can be quite strong. But if you like it, you like it.

Often associated with hippies, some say they use it to mask the scent of weed. Personally, it’s a favourite of mine so I guess sometimes I might smell like a hippie. Lol. Patchouli blends well with Sandalwood, Bergamot, Peppermint, Geranium, Lavender, Rose, and Clary Sage essential oils for diffusing.

“Used in aromatherapy, Patchouli is known to eliminate unpleasant odors in the environment and to balance emotions. The sedative scent stimulates the release of pleasure hormones, namely serotonin, and dopamine, thereby improving negative moods and enhancing the feeling of relaxation”.

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How To Use Essential Oils: Diffuse or Apply To Skin

You can blend these grounding oils in your diffuser or make roller bottles and apply to your wrists, forehead, temples, and the nape of your neck.

I usually do 5-10 drops of oil in a 10ml roller bottle depending on how often I am applying it and the type of oil. (Stronger oils like Cinnamon, Peppermint, or Patchouli, I use less). Then I add a carrier oil to dilute it.

Experiment with different scents and scent combinations to see which grounding oils work best for you in your practice.

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And remember, any time of the year is a good time to start a grounding practice, it’s not strictly for the whole New Year, New Me thing. Centering yourself and being present in the moment should be a year-round, lifetime kind of a priority, and I know sometimes it’s oh so easy to lose sight of that.

Any day is a good day to start a grounding mediation practice and I hope some of these essential oils will appeal to you and find their way into your collection.

Grounding and centering yourself really goes hand in hand with emotional self-care, so take a bit of time for yourself. There’s no time like the present, so grab your grounding oils and get down to it.

And, I know there are some I missed so please feel free to share your favorites in the comments. We love hearing from our readers!

Peace, K

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Kelly is the founder and creative force behind Just Our View From Here. As a first-time mom over 40, she brings a fresh perspective to parenting and family life on her blog. Kelly also explores a wide range of lifestyle topics in her writing, including fashion, beauty, self-care, and well-being.

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